district and the township of St. Leonards. They commenced at the Archway and appropriately terminated their trudge at the Terminus Hotel, at Bopeep. The perambulators were accompanied by umbrella weather all through the route, and were not sorry to partake of the refreshments provided for them at the Terminus (now the Bopeep) Hotel.
Public Bands.
Said the St. Leonards Gazette, of Sept. 1st. – “Public Bands, two in number, are now alternately playing the promenades of both towns, agreeably to the arrangements of the committees and pleasurably to visitors who are rapidly taking up their abode in our queen of watering places.”
Chapel-of-Ease (Church in London Road)
In the early part of the year this new episcopal chapel was undergoing considerable alteration, including a new aisle and increased seat accommodation; and on Sunday the 9th of September the church was re-opened, when services were conducted by the Revs. W. W. Hume, J. S. Ruddach and C. L. Vaughan. The attendance, both morning and evening was such that although the sittings had been increased to about 500, there was not sufficient accommodation. On the Wednesday following, the parishioners assembled to select their seats, and every one was at once secured.
The Congregational Church.
On the 26th of August the annual sermons were preached for liquidating the debt on this place of worship, the result of which was a collection of £73. One half of the previously existing debt having been promised by members, there remained but £227 to be extraneously sought for.
New Church at the Tivoli
On the 21st of September the first stone was laid of the new Church of St. Matthew at the Tivoli, in the parish of St. Leonards, and on land belongong to the Rev. J. Cumberlege, at whose expense also it was to be erected. The design, by Mr. Voysey, of St. Leonards, showed that the structure would be of rather small dimensions. The length was to be 55 feet, width 27 feet, and height 29 feet. The number of sittings would be nearly 300. The Revs. W. Tilson Marsh, W. W. Hume, T. Vores and J. Cumberlege took part in the service, and the stone was laid by the Countess Waldegrave, her ladyship’s 6th or 7th operation of that sort.
New Wesleyan Schoolroom
On the 28th of March was laid the foundation stone of a school-room in connection with the St. Leonards Wesleyan Chapel in Norman(sic) -
